She is not going to want to hear this, but her in-state and reciprocity options are excellent. UW Madison will have a vibe very similar to U Michigan–happy, smart, engaged, students in a great college town (plus state capitol) with great school spirit. The University of Minnesota has strong biology, plus it has the advantage of belonging to National Student Exchange. NSE is a consortium of ~200 schools mainly in the US, but some in Canada and the Caribbean too. You can do up to a year of exchange at any of the participating schools, credits transfer automatically, and you only pay whatever you were paying at your home institution. Some very cool schools participate including Cal Poly SLO, U Mass Amherst, American University, Texas A&M. https://www.nse.org/exchange/colleges-universities/alpha-location/
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